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PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Win32 master/0d11cf29d Feb 27 2023 MSC 1929
TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/68c33d29a Feb 26 2023 GCC 12.2.0
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CHRS: UTF-8 4
-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Chris Jacobs <=-

 MvV> Hello Chris,

 MvV> On Monday February 27 2023 02:39, you wrote to me:

 MvV>> Notepad handles UTF-8 quit well but the last time I tried it as
 MvV>> external editor for Golded it insisted on adding a BOM to the
 MvV>> message text. That was many years ago so maybe newer versions of
 MvV>> notepad do not do that anymore. Adding or using a BOM in UTF-8
 MvV>> text is considered obsolete practise.

 CJ> Here, on Windos 11, Notepad does not require a BOM.

 MvV> My point was not that Notepad requires a BOM, but that it adds a BOM.

It does not default add a BOM either.

Chris

 MvV> Cheers, Michiel

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